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Kitaro

Actor

Kitaro

Born August 25, 194855 films

Kitaro (きたろう) is a Japanese actor and talent. Should not be confused with the musician Kitaro (喜多郎).

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A Story of Yonosuke posterFirst watchA Story of Yonosuke20137.2as Yozo YokomichiThe year is 1987 and Japan is just reaching the peak of its economic success. Eighteen-year old Yonosuke Yokomichi arrives in Tokyo from Nagasaki.View film

Essential films

Ranked by acclaim and reach
Dororo poster7.0Dororo2007A Man poster7.1A Man2022The Chef of South Polar poster7.1The Chef of South Polar2009Séance poster7.1Séance2004Romance Doll poster7.1Romance Doll2020Samurai Fiction poster6.7Samurai Fiction1998A Taxing Woman's Return poster6.4A Taxing Woman's Return1988

Filmography

55 films as actor
  1. 2024House of SayuriShozo Kamiki
  2. 2022A ManIto
  3. 2022Everything Will Be Owlright!Kitaro
  4. 2020Gone WednesdayAndo
  5. 2020Romance DollKinji Aikawa
  6. 2018My Retirement, My LifeYoshihiko Kanda
  7. 2018Mori, The Artist's HabitatAraki
  8. 2018The Crow In Broad DaylightYuge Masashi
  9. 2017Mumon: The Land of StealthHanroku Otowa
  10. 2017Let's Go, Jets!Principal
  11. 2016Kako: My Sullen Past
  12. 2016The Magnificent NineJubee
  13. 2016Through Their Eyes
  14. 2015Munesue keiji no kuroi matsuri神林武人
  15. 2014Taxi Driver's Mystery Diary 36
  16. 2014A Drop of the GrapevineMiura
  17. 2014Jossy'sDoctor Kinuta
  18. 2014Rose Color's BukoGangster Boss
  19. 2013A Story of YonosukeYozo Yokomichi
  20. 2013JUKAI: Mount Fuji Suicide Forest
  21. 2012My Departure
  22. 2012Kekkon Houkoku
  23. 2012Shichou Shisu
  24. 2011Dog × Police: The K-9 ForceSotaro Ariyoshi
  25. 2010Ultraman Zero: The Revenge of BelialGiru
  26. 2010Mesen
  27. 2010The Days of Morisaki Bookstore
  28. 2010宇宙で1番ワガママな星
  29. 2009The Chef of South PolarTaicho
  30. 2007Sairen
  31. 2007DororoPalm Reader
  32. 2005Demon Pond
  33. 2005In the Pool
  34. 2004SéanceDetective
  35. 2003Summer Nude渡久地五郎
  36. 2003Ikebukuro West Gate Park SPYoshioka
  37. 2003SHORT FILMS
  38. 2002The Laughing Frog
  39. 2001Red ShadowRoushi
  40. 2001Stereo Future
  41. 1999Railroad ManMilkman
  42. 1998Samurai FictionDoi
  43. 1996In Tomoko's CaseRopeway man
  44. 1996Tokiwa: The Manga ApartmentMaruyama
  45. 1995Teito Monogatari Gaiden
  46. 1994The Hit-and-Run Family 2
  47. 1993Gensen-Kan InnSuyama
  48. 1992Bad Boy Blue
  49. 1992Evil Dead Trap 2: HidekiChio's Subordinate
  50. 1992AV Girl's School Part 1
  51. 1992T-Back Bride
  52. 1991Young Lady
  53. 1990Let’s Go Home Someday
  54. 1988A Taxing Woman's ReturnSadao
  55. 1978Happy Story Nankai Changgyoku